Spring flowers are blooming in warmly sunlight in Hakuba.
Spring Flowers Blooming Spot
●Himekawa Headwaters Nature Exploration Park
Himekawa Headwaters Nature Exploration Park is known as the beginning of Himekawa River. There are varieties of spring flower start blooming after long cold winter season. Those pretty flowers let you feel breath of warm spring season.
●Flowers: Fukujusou (beginning of Apr ~ middle of Apr) Mizubashou (middle of Apr ~ end of Apr) Baikamo (middle of Jun ~ middle of Sep) Nirinsou (end of Apr ~ middle of May)
●Oyomi Shitsugen Swamp
There are more than 450 kinds of nature plants growing in Oyomi Shitugen Swamp. It is rare to find a place like Oyomi Shitugenn Swamp the land in low meters above the sea in central Japan. Especially flower like Mitsugashiwa and Kakitubata bloom all over the swamp.
●Flowers: Mitsugashiwa (beginning of May ~ end of May) Sagisuge (end of May ~ end of Jun) Kakitsubata (beginning of Jun ~ end of Jun) Sawaoguruma (Beginning of Jun ~ end of Jun)
●Teirinji Temple
Teirinji Temple’s famous cherry tree, age of more than three-hundred, is blooming usually in the end of April. Also there is crowd of Katakuri can be found around Teirinji Temple area.
●Flowers: Sakura (end of Apr ~ beginning of May) Katakuri (end of Apr ~ beginning of May)
●Hakuba Goryu KATAKURI (Erythronium Japonicum) Garden
When a mountain surface with the remaining snow of Takeda-bishi appears in the Mt. Goryu clearly, Katakuri is in full glory in the foot of Hakuba Goryu skiing areas. Also the pretty butterfly occasionally appears around flowers.
※ The Katakuri is authorized to a village flower of Hakuba.
●Flowers: Katakuri (end of Apr ~ beginning of May)
●Iimori ZAZENSOU (Skunk Cabbage)
Zazensou was named as the shape of flower resembled a priest having Zen meditation. 450,000 pieces of Zazensou bloom in 30 hectares field.
●Flowers: Zazensou (beginning of Apr ~ end of Apr)
●Sijukuin KOBUSHI (Magnolia Kobus)
Kobushi tell people coming of spring earlier than a cherry tree blooming.The white flower is blooming on the branch of the tree in many places in Hakuba. There are beautiful two Kobushi trees standing along rice field in Sijukuin so many people come to see and taking beautiful photo with Kobushi trees.
●Flowers: Kobushi (end of Apr ~ beginning of May)
●Ochikura Nature Park
Ochikura Nature Park is located in the northern part of Hakuba there are pretty plants like a skunk cabbage and Kyurinka blooming with a thaw.
●Flowers: Mizubashou (middle of Apr ~ end of Apr) Kyurinka (beginning of May ~ middle of May
●Hakuba Yume Noujou
Hakuba Yume Noujou is located in the mountaintop of the Minekata skiing area. Mountain view from Hakuba Yume Noujou is magnificent and also there is yellow rape field spreads out.
●Flowers: Yellow rape (middle of May ~ end of May) Kyurinka (beginning of May ~ middle of May
●Hakuba Sanroku Botanical Garden
There are more than 100 kinds of nature flowers in Hakuba Sanroku Botanical Garden.Flowers are changing in each season and you may find your favorite in the garden.
Also, it is possible to purchase flower in the garden too.
●Opening：Middle of Apr ~ Begining of Nov
●SAKURA Spot in Hakuba Village
There are many Sakura blooming spot in Hakuba village other than Teirinji Temple.Won’t you come to Hakuba and feel spring again?
● The Tetsunen cherry tree
● Shinden Sakura Street
● The Giju cherry tree
● Happo Yakushi cherry tree
● Mizuho cherry tree
Flowers: Sakura (end of Apr ~ beginning of May)
※Blooming season is different in each year. Please check before you visite. Tourism Commission of Hakuba Village TEL.0261-72-7100